The Selected Chemical Products Imported & Exported of China
      Statistical Department of Customs General administration, PR China
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Code                            Description                     Import (July 98)        Export (July 98)
                                         Quantity        Value       Quantity    Value
                                         (kg)   (US$1000)    (kg)       (US$1000)
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15200000 Glycerol(glycerine),crude; glycerol    125115    105    100000     82
   water and glycerol lyes                          
22071000 Unmodified ethyl alcohol,containing      8675     15   3364581   1170
   by volume 80% and more if alcohol                
22072000 Modified ethanol and other alcohol      51911     40   2110964   1432
  with any concentration(litre)                     
23099010 Preparations used in making the       3558401   2482   1386618   3327
  complete or supplementary feeds                   
25010010 Salt                               220988     25  19363876    687
25010020 Pure sodium chloride                 100664     36      3000      0
25030000 Various sulphur,other than sublimed   75061789   3563     60960      7
  , precipitated and colloidal sulphur              
25049000 Other natural graphite, other than        12565      4   1027010     92
  those in power or in flakes                       
25070000 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays,        5448184   1273  84666073   1488
  whether or not calcined                           
25081000 Bentonite                            98504     87   6037768    403
25101010 Apatite (ungrounded)                 1154750     13  57872730   2282
25102010 Apatite (ground)                           0      0  147891200   6442
25111000 Natural barium sulphate (barytes)          31250     67  118573610   5183
25199020 Dead-burned magnesia                    350      0   95447240   9684
25199030 Light-burned magnesia                  24000      9   15766441   1655
25240010 Long-staple asbestos                    21761     12      3000      2
25281000 Natural sodium borates and concen-       575442    196         0      0
  trates thereof (whether or not calcined)          
25292100 Fluorspar, containing by weight 97%       600      0    44073238   4155
   or less of calcium fluoride                      
25292200 Fluorspar,containing by weight more         0      0    105178300  11029
   than 97% of calcium fluoride                     
27071000 Benzole                                1354      1   1500000    182
27072000 Toluole                                  54      2         0      0
27073000 Xylol     &